He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was a [Red Sox] relief pitcher named Bill Lee, the "Spaceman." He was kind of nuts, as we found out a lot of relievers are.

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

Did you know that, if you visualise, you can actually hug on the phone?

Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.

I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.

The Cheers writers were the finest in television. But I felt like I was repeating myself; it bothered me a little bit. And I was getting movie offers, which made people think, "Oh, she's so snooty. She thinks she's going to do movies."

I was too terrified to notice she [Shelley Long] had breasts. I do remember that I was eating a sandwich.